Faking It: The Obviously Dubbed Telephone Ring
This is a Model 500 Western Electric telephone. So many interesting tidbits here about this phone -- such as the 1/3 ring tone difference, the reason why big cities have shorter area codes (shorter distance when dialing), and how you can change the volume of the ring by turning a metal piece at the bottom of the phone.
Why telephone hold music sounds worse now
This is the Milton Keynes Museum and I want to go!
Map of Public Pay Telephone Locations in NYC
I am spending the evening going through NYC OpenData data sets. Really interesting stuff here, like this map of public pay phone locations in NYC.